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Jada Hellams, 21: “She wanted better for herself, for her family – to change the narrative”

Growing up in North Philadelphia, Jada Hellams was on a first-name basis with struggle. She’d been there, done that and envisioned a better life for herself. She enrolled in Central Penn College, despite it being in the middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania, because it was affordable. As the first person in her family to attend college, […]